Duston - St Luke's lychgate
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Duston - St Luke's lychgate
Image: © Rob Farrow Taken: 15 Mar 2015
The lychgate to St Luke's church in Duston on the outskirts of Northampton. The word "lychgate" comes from the Middle English "lych" which itself derives from the Anglo Saxon "lic" meaning corpse; this is because in mediaeval times the corpse awaiting burial - often simply covered with a shroud - would be rested on a bier beneath this gateway until the priest arrived to conduct the service, the roofed gateway keeping the "lych" dry. St Luke's church is EH Grade I listed http://list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1039755&searchtype=mapsearch and contains a font considered to be one of the "Aylesbury Fonts"
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Image Location
Latitude
52.2427
Longitude
-0.940636